Here’s a look at the five of the most engaged-with posts on Twitter that referred to non-alcoholic drinks in the three months to the end of September.
The popularity is based on total engagements (likes and retweets) received on tweets from around 150 beverage experts tracked by GlobalData’s ‘Consumer Influencer Platform’.
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5. Breaking News – Green tea rules!
Green Tea is Exceptional in its Health Benefits
Green tea contains a high dose of EGCG. This compound has powerful properties, which help prevent various diseases like cancer of the bladder, breast, lung, stomach, Alzheimer’s disease & is excellent for fat burning & stress too. pic.twitter.com/b08rGvaoT5
— Lori Shemek, PhD (@LoriShemek) August 14, 2021
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In August, a post from Dr Lori Shemek drew an online crowd. The US-based health & wellness influencer and author sang the praises of green tea. But, go easy: Too much EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) could harm your liver, according to the European Food Safety Authority.
4. Breaking News – Actually, so does hibiscus tea!
Within an hour of drinking hibiscus tea, the antioxidant power of your bloodstream shoots up as your system absorbs the tea’s phytonutrients. This may explain why hibiscus has such a strong effect on blood pressure. https://t.co/FZoij6rEzb pic.twitter.com/it28GsTVHu
— Michael Greger, M.D. (@nutrition_facts) August 22, 2021
Staying with tea, and another doctor, Michael Greger, made similar noises about hibiscus tea. Highlighting a video reviewing the effects on hypertension of drinking hibiscus tea compared to having a plant-based diet, Greger had some interesting conclusions on how best to deal with high blood pressure.
3. Water, water everywhere & finally some to drink
‘Fought hard for this day’: Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, a community on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary, is welcoming clean, running water for the first time in nearly 25 years https://t.co/jjGGhfKSyS via @globeandmail #Indigenous #sdoh #cdnpoli
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) September 15, 2021
Elsewhere in the health & wellness space, the Globe & Mail’s health columnist, André Picard, shared a news report from Canada on the opening of a water treatment plant at a reserve in Ontario province. The residents of Shoal Lake 40, a man-made island near Winnipeg, no longer have to boil their tap water, meaning an end to deliveries of bulk water for consumption after 23 years.
2. How coffee has shaped the world
How coffee fueled literature, the French Revolution and Union Army victory https://t.co/HmvZbmuUbB via @nypost
— Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) July 18, 2021
Author Michael Pollan spoke to the New York Post in July about coffee – specifically, how its caffeine content “created the modern world”. A walk-through of the history of coffee, and its effect on human productivity, ends with Pollan flagging how climate change is “severely affecting finicky coffee plants” – thereby threatening humans themselves.
- How much alcohol is no alcohol?
Forgot I did the math on this: How Much Alcohol Do Bitters Contribute to a Non-Alcoholic Drink? – Alcademics https://t.co/ztzcwKTCsM pic.twitter.com/qhdfFLPdxo
— Camper English (@alcademics) July 24, 2021
In July, San Francisco-based spirits writer Camper English “did the math” on how much alcohol can be used in a legally-defined non-alcoholic drink. “The real question,” English writes, “was not so much about asking someone if they want to take alcohol in their drink, but what if the impact of bitters [Angostura Bitters is 44.7% abv] in a cocktail is so insignificant that we can skip the question and use them anyway?”
